Bigfoot

Hoax; a humorous or malicious deception. What is a hoax? Most people believe them to be harmless acts of idiocy such as the belief in Bigfoot, or the Loch Ness Monster. Though these are obvious examples, many critics believe the Holocaust was a hoax, but certain documents and medical autopsies prove that the genocide of over 6 million Jews was real. It is a proven fact that at one time, well over 40,000 concentration camps were in use for the execution and/or malnourishment of well over a…

One of the most regretful and saddest battles in american and indian history is the Wounded knee massacre, Wounded Knee was the last battle that killed the last indian tribe. On the morning of December 29,1890, on wounded knee creek near the Pine Ridge agency, the Seventh Cavalry of the U.S Army opened fire on the encampment of a band of miniconjou and sioux indians. The beginning of this battle started when the american military forced the indians to live like and live with white men, the…

Being a teenager is said to be the best time of anyone’s life. Some people wish for their life to be memorable and other make their life memorable. Six boys plan to make their own memories and not to wait for something to happen. Nick, Keith, Kurt, Joey, Charlie, and James aren’t only friends in school, but also in Boy Scouts. At the ripe age of sixteen, they all sign up for a canoeing trip to Upper Saranac Lake in New York. Boy Scouts has already created so many memorable moments for these…

In Greek Mythology, Pandora was a beautiful woman made by the gods themselves sent down to earth as a punishment for Promethean's theft of fire. Pandora was a cunning, beautiful women, who was as clever as a fox, she was an inspiration for many other characters and left a big mark of Greek culture and even in modern day, Pandora shows up in society and our culture. Pandora was created by Zeus and the other gods to be sent down to earth and marry Prometheus's brother as punishment for…

In the first few minutes Chief Big Foot was among first to die. What Bigfoot did not know is that officials had already ordered his arrest. The great chief had become ill and was growing weaker with each hour as pneumonia set in. He had no intentions of fighting and was flying the white flag as a sign of surrender. He had…

Citizens of any society are destined to inherit a social narrative specific to their culture. They are conditioned to think, act and speak a certain way out of habit without second thought. Unfortunately, this gives rise to structural oppression: the systematic mistreatment of specific people within an institution. The deeply rooted, neocolonial, American social narrative inherently oppresses those who do not fit the european ideals that were glorified hundreds of years ago. The most significant…

It was mid-August and school just got out, I was walking in the park going to meet some friends then this reindeer in a clown costume comes up to me he had a big round bright red nose and huge yellow shoes that could fit bigfoot he had poki dated cloak. He said a word sharks, I was confused when he said it again, sharks he was staring in the distance just behind me I look and there was a fish tank well a big fish tank really big and there were sharks. The sharks were for the watermelon fair. He…

“The conflict of forces and the struggle of opposing wills are the essence of our universe and alone hold it together” (Havelock Ellis). My family often calls me an undefined equation because I have always struggled between finding the result of two opposing cultures, my identity. I grew up in Costa Rican culture, it has been the one to shape my persona. I have only been to Nepal twice, which is why I find it hard to incorporate its culture into my life. I can relate to Arnold (Junior on the…

Michael Zhang 1/28/17 Period 5 Lewis English 1 Honors Lord of the Flies essay William Golding, Author of the novel Lord of the Flies states,“What a man does defiles him, not what is done by others.” The novel is placed in a futuristic environment simultaneous to a massive world war. Golding, through his book and quote, is trying to convey a pessimistic principle of human nature. By using the conch, the beast and fire as symbols, he is describing the inner darkness and savagery of human nature.…

Washington State What is the first thing what comes to our minds when we think of Washington State? Most would say; Bill Gates, Nintendo, lumber, Pacific Ocean, or Seattle, apple, Starbucks, tourism. This essay would like to introduce the state's breathtaking geographical features, its rich history and other interesting facts. As the name shows, Washington State is the only state which was named after a president. The name honors the first president of United States, George Washington.…